Why You Should Never Trust a “Red Whatever of Death” Report That Looks Like This

This morning reports surfaced showing a PS4 with its led line glowing red, alleging that it was an overheat-related malfunction similar to Xbox 360′s dreaded “red ring of death.” The report was immediately debunked by SCE Worldwide Studios President Shuhei Yoshida, who said that it’s “not true” over Twitter, even if he did not specify in which way.

That said, whether the picture is simply a fake or not, the whole hoopla teaches an important lesson: consoles (both PS4 and Xbox One units) will break from here to their launch, and there's nothing to worry about.

Was it not obvious when they named it Red Line of Death (Red Ring of Death, anyone?)

They have to try to stop the PS4 hypetrain somehow, even if it means fabricating a pathetic BS story. But I say it keep it coming. When all attempts at derailing the train have failed, it's the haters that end up breaking down. Not us.

so i.e. those "things you heard" are things you just made up in your head? very disingenuous to say that you "heard things" when in actual fact you just surmised those conclusions from articles which generally talk about the individual technologies in the PS4.

I just want to add that Xbox 360 was the only console (that I can remember) which was plagued by failures. people shouldn't push their anxieties of that console onto others.

You've supposedly heard a lot about these issues, but then you go on to essentially explain that what you've heard is based on some assumptions that actually go against documented fact(see Kayant's link).

You should be concerned. On other sites people including techs are concerned about PS4 overheating. It has small fans in a small frame. They cut back expenses by using cheaper fans. The pictures you see in the pics are legit. People really hate to admit. I guess it hurts their feelings. So now a butthurt fan is in denial but other sites and people still know the truth. This is "why you should never trust" an article like this.

wow there keyboard warrior we were all having a mature discussion before you joined in. there was no need to tell me to shut my mouth it after all a discussion board you didn't like my comment that's what the disagree button is for

Well... Stupid xbot fanboy who did this... Where is the video? Makes me really upset... is that you can do this easily on Photoshop... By selecting the blue line, and then, change the level variation... that's it...

Ow wait till there is an article with red-whatever about XO. It will be total change of attitudes. Here on n4g, there are articles approved that are based on a comment of a random guy on some forums saying "so I played dem battlefields 4 on dem xbox ones and it looks like sh!t 600p low res", slapped with a title "600p bad textures on XO BF4 CONFIRMED!" and the votes go "for sure".

You guys gotta realise n4g is not a real news site. It's totally community driven. If there would be Wii U fanboys all over the site like ps4 fanboys are now, everyday you'd read news about how amazing wiiu is, how awsome architecture it has and how it's games look better than anything else from competitors and you would see actually everyone agreeing. I'm suprised any positive XO articles and negative ps4 articles still slip in.

i find it hilarious when i see comments about people saying "oh this site is going down" or this site is overun by *insert console of choice here*. if this site is that bad move on to another site that is less bias and never return. i am not being a dick just a food for thought.

Probably because of PR. Sony did a lot of bullsh!t in the past (damn those fake gameplay demos with huds to confuse people!!!)and is always forgiven. MS do the same, never forgiven.

@GentlemenRUs

Здравствуйте! True, I actually am! But you gotta addmit it is happening on this site alllllll the time. I could probably go through articles right now and find somehting based on a random forum comment.

@Mikelarry

I'm having a blast reading those funny comments of funny people blindly following brands. It's hillarious what they come up with sometimes and it's even more hilarious that they believe in it!

@BallsEye Nice, I like the "Sony is easier to forgive" argument. I guess some companies just have that special something that makes you want to forgive them. Or maybe it's you that's saying all the bullsh!t, not Sony.

This...I can fully agree with. Regardless of console of choice, fanboyism, whatever...it's sad when people celebrate the downfall of a console. Besides, in the end, they will ALL matter to keep this industry alive and flourishing.